So wild she was near her car and they've only just found her?Oh so very sad - and yet another example of how someone can be overlooked in the immediate area, despite countless searches.
Ashley Turcotte, 31, was last seen Jan. 4. A wide-scale search started Saturday morning and Turcotte was found in the woods near where her car was parked, police said.
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Woman last seen months ago in Barnstead found dead, police say
A woman who was last seen in January was found dead Saturday morning after a wide-scale search for her, police said.www.wmur.com
That's surprising. I wonder how close she was to her car. I just posted last night that I didn't think she'd be found nearby as someone would have come across her body after all the previous searches they had done.Oh so very sad - and yet another example of how someone can be overlooked in the immediate area, despite countless searches.
Ashley Turcotte, 31, was last seen Jan. 4. A wide-scale search started Saturday morning and Turcotte was found in the woods near where her car was parked, police said.
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Woman last seen months ago in Barnstead found dead, police say
A woman who was last seen in January was found dead Saturday morning after a wide-scale search for her, police said.www.wmur.com
Sad outcome but not surprising. I’d be curious to know what the “tip” was.
ETA: In this article they clarify there was no new info, just going back over previously searched areas since weather had improved. Large search effort for Ashley Turcotte to be conducted Saturday
I’m really surprised that no one here has mentioned the possibility of drugs. Opiates especially fentanyl are a big issue in rural NH (Understanding the Increase in Opioid Overdoses in New Hampshire: A Rapid Epidemiologic Assessment) and, IMO, she looks high in the Dollar General photos, really out of it. Could she have nodded off in the woods somewhere?
There are known homeless camps in the woods in surrounding areas Laconia and Concord, I couldn’t find anything about one in Barnstead. I’ve been to Barnstead and it’s a lot more rural than either of those places so I imagine it would be much harder to be homeless there.
The purchases are interesting. There is some evidence linking salt cravings to opioid use (How opioids drive our salt consumption), and sugar cravings are also common with people in addictions (Recovery - Why Are Sugar Cravings Common in Addiction Recovery?). Of course this is reaching - candy and salt are very benign and ordinary purchases that 9 times out of 10 you wouldn’t blink at, just trying to make some connections.
I wondered if salt was a common agent used in cutting drugs but from my brief research it does not appear to be.
I like what someone said up thread about how maybe she was waiting for someone so went in for a second purchase to justify hanging around. Makes a drug deal angle seem more plausible, IMO.
Sad outcome but not surprising. I’d be curious to know what the “tip” was.
ETA: In this article they clarify there was no new info, just going back over previously searched areas since weather had improved. Large search effort for Ashley Turcotte to be conducted Saturday
It has been a warmer and milder winter than usual here in New England, and as usual some parts will have a foot of snow and others get by with a dusting or none, or rain. It just all depends on the track of the bands and elevation and so on. I think there was some sort of snowfall a few days after they began searching for her, but I can't be certain. I wonder if she was located in some areas that were perhaps too muddy to reach easily initially. And of course all of the snow in the stats below doesn't indicate it was cumulative - much could have melted in-between other snowfalls.I'm unfamiliar with the weather in that area - was it extremely bad with the snow? Because its been 2 months now. Just surprised she wasn't found sooner
The sister in law has said on Facebook that she wasn't near the car at all, on a private dirt track to a house. Being near is relative to the individual though I suppose, my town's about 2 miles by 3 miles at the most, I'd say the first 10 mins walk is nearby.That's surprising. I wonder how close she was to her car. I just posted last night that I didn't think she'd be found nearby as someone would have come across her body after all the previous searches they had done.
If you had drugs to hand would you seriously go buy salt and candy and totter out to the woods in the dead of winter? I know I wouldn't. Home, in my cosy and comfy jammies would be my way to go if I was doing it myself. And absolutely no offence meant but Ashley was clearly obese, I certainly haven't meant an obese drug user before?I was pretty skeptical of the post you made yesterday, but knowing what we do know, I fear your hypothesis was correct.
ive never heard of a widespread reverse 911 call! i guess it only works with very small towns?
Authorities say the body they believe to be 31-year-old Ashley Turcotte was found by a search team shortly before 11a.m. about a half-mile from where her car was found the day she went missing.
If this is accurate, I'm surprised her sister in law said on Facebook that she wasn't found near the car at all.![]()
Body found believed to be missing NH woman
Authorities in Barnstead, New Hampshire, have located a body on Saturday they believe to be a local woman who had been missing since January. Authorities say the body they believe to be 31-year-old Ashley Turcotte was found by a search team shortly before 11a.m. about a half-mile from where her...www.nbcboston.com
This article gets a bit more specific on how close she was to the place where her vehicle was found:
I had no idea that thread existed! Yes, thank you, Hestia's Fire for adding her. I have a few cases to add to that thread as well.Thank you @Hestia's Fire for adding Ashley to this thread
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Remains Found in Area After LE/SAR Searches
I just realized I case I had followed was never added to this list, so I'm adding him now. Eric Pracht, CO - 2020 Eric walked away from his condo at the base of Green Mountain, barefoot, on July 22, 2016, after an argument. The Green Mountain area was searched extensively by SAR, dog teams...www.websleuths.com